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In this final part of our series on SQL Server database snapshots, I’m going to talk about what, I think, is the most forgotten feature/use of snapshots: data recovery. If you (or ‘a friend’) makes a mistake and deletes data you shouldn’t have, or perhaps accidentally drops a table, if you have a snapshot, you […]

So now that we know a little bit about database snapshots in SQL Server, what else are they good for? One thing you can do is use snapshots in conjunction with database mirroring to offload reporting onto another server. Suppose you’re using mirroring as part of a high-availability solution. Normally that mirrored database/server would sit […]

Let’s say you support the database for a financial system, and periodically, whether it be monthly, quarterly, or yearly, they close out the period and run a bunch of reports before they let users back on the system to start making new transactions. Depending on your system, the size of your database, and how those […]